FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin When seafarers reflect on their most memorable assignments, they often remember certain vessels more fondly than others. Interestingly, the difference between a “good ship” and a “bad ship” is not always the vessel itself, argues Thomas McKenna, Claims Executive, The American P&I Club. Factors such as weather, voyage schedules, cargo operations, and port rotations can influence an experience, but in my years sailing aboard container ships, Military Sealift Command oilers, and passenger ferries, I found that one factor consistently had the greatest impact on overall morale: the people. RelatedNews Snack smarter: Power up your day without the sugar crash The unspoken cost of sexual misconduct at sea var jnews_module_21379200_0_6a70541e58d2e = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21379200","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"689,4197,2193,238,635,458,4131","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image"